Geometry 101

Posted on December 29, 2011 by

Q.   There are an infinite number of points on Line A.  There are an infinite number  of points on Line B.  So, why is Line B longer?

Line A  _____________

Line B  _________________________

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1 Response to Geometry 101

  1. Musicman says:
    January 13, 2012 at 5:21 PM

    Well gee, Sysop… if you are speaking about the length of the line on a computer monitor, then they are not the same length because pixels are the same size and line B must have more of them.

    But if you are talking about a line in theory, then since ∞ = ∞, then either the points on line B are either “fatter” or the space between the points are greater…. Though the number of points on each line is equal, there are points on line B that aren’t on line A.

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